We spent a great week with Gary and Suzanne. After our bike ride on Monday, we spent the rest of the week "playing tourists" with them. We went to Frankenmuth, a small Bavarian town with many shops, a beautiful hotel and several restaurants famous for their chicken dinners.
Bronners Christmas shop is also located nearby. This Christmas store boasts they are the largest in the US and I believe it. If you want it for your decorations they have it. Quite a sight to see. http://www.bronners.com/
We had lunch at the Bavarian Inn. Their chicken dinner was pretty good (but not as good as Bojangles) :)
http://www.bavarianinn.com/
We walked around the many shops and looked at all the pretty stuff. Don't you just love Gary and Gary's hats??
At Noon we watched the Bavarian Inn Glockenspiel play several selections which were immediately followed by figurine movement depicting the legend of the Pied Piper of Hameln. The original German word "glockenspiel" is literally translated into English as "bells play"; another translation might be "musical bells". In German usage it may be applied to any carillon-sized or chime-sized tower bell instrument which plays music. The Bavarian Inn Glockenspiel Tower houses a magnificent 35-bell carillon, a beautiful figurine movement and an illuminated clock, all imported from Germany! Before striking the hour, and on each quarter hour, the clock sounds the 5-bell Westminster chime.
Another day we went up to Lake Michigan near Ludington. Our first stop was at the Little Sable Lighthouse. This is one of many lighthouses still in operation on Lake Michigan. We were fortunate that we arrived on the last day we could climb the stairs to the top. It was closing for the season. Only about 120 steps but very steep. Near the top we had to climb through 2 metal hatches to reach the platform. The view was very pretty looking out over Lake Michigan.
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